On September 23 the final of the kyudo (Japanese Archery) national competition for women, “41st Empress Cup”, took place in the Meijijingu dojo (Tokyo). The kyudoka reached to the final were 20 and competed at best of 10 arrows.

At the end of the competition, two kyudoka scored 9 hits while other 3 kyudoka stopped to 8. It was necessary a tie break to decide the top three.

The ranking is as follows:

1. Tomomi TATENO  - 6th dan Kyoushi

2. Midori OOKI - 6th dan Kyoushi

3. Naomi YAMADA - 6th dan Kyoushi

First classified in the ranking points: Chiyoko IIJIMA - 7th dan Kyoushi